Author: Paul Alexander
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how coaches help us grow
The best Coaches not only put their teams in the best position to win, but they help their players become better people, they improve their game, and they help them grow. It’s true not only in sports, but off the field as well. The real irony is the higher you go in leadership the more…
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top 10 reasons why ideas fail
Only one in ten new products succeed. That’s only a 10% success rate! What if only 10% of the hires you made worked out? What if your financial reports were only accurate 10% of the time? What if your local pizza joint only got your pizza right 10% of the time? You’d find a different…
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5 reasons why I participated in a professional coaching group
After more than 15 years of full time ministry, 10 of which have been spent in some of the nation’s leading mega-churches, I made the decision to spend the last 6 months participating in a professional coaching group. Here are 5 reasons why I did…and why you should too…
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ignite 2012
Ignite 2012 is only 4 weeks away. Church planters, prospective planters and planting teams will have opportunities to learn best practices from nationally recognized church planting leaders. I’ll be involved in an Executive Pastor’s Round Table Conversation with Sam Crabtree who serves as the Executive Pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church and Randy Deal who serves…
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the two most powerful collaborative questions you can ask
Organizations spend all kinds of resources to attract and keep young talented leaders at the table. But surprisingly the best way to do this may be free. Give them what they want, a voice into real leadership decisions. One of the best ways to accomplish this is the art of collaboration. And while collaboration may…